It’s not even been a year since the two got together, but Tom Cruise has finally decided to call it quits with Ana de Armas. According to The Sun, the feeling between the two is reportedly mutual, as the 63-year-old and 37-year-old realized that they’re better off as friends instead of lovers. “The spark had gone between them,” yet they’re still going to hold a platonic relationship and not completely cut ties. Not to mention, they’re going to be working together in the future anyway, so it appears neither has any hard feelings.
On the other hand, many fans are quite relieved or just downright dismissive that this whole romance even took place. “And the crowd goes meh,” says a Redditor. “The most surprising part of this is that she’s 37,” remarks another Reddit user, referring to how many assumed the Mission: Impossible star was only dating women who were 33 and below. “Not dating until 33, stays married to them until they are 33,” clarified a commenter.
Another chimed in with how unexciting the whole thing had been up until the very end: “This was the dullest, most boring PR relationship that I can remember. It just came and went like a silent fart.” As to the details behind why the breakup finally happened, some presume it wasn’t just because the two had lost their so-called “spark.” “He couldn’t persuade her to join the cult,” speculated an individual, and over a thousand people upvoted in agreement. It’s a secret to no one that Cruise has been a firm follower of Scientology, a modern religion focused on practicing the search for self-knowledge with a couple of questionable perks.
That said, whether the brief love between the two was real or not, many believe Ana de Armas dodged a bullet with Tom Cruise. He might be a talented actor, but he has little knack as a family man. His relationship with his disowned daughter Suri Noelle is a great example, and the Top Gun actor hasn’t been ashamed to publicly show his disdain for her. Of course, that isn’t to say he mistreats women as he does with Suri, but it’s clear that his past relationships, along with his ties to the Church of Scientology, do make him a bit of a red flag on the dating market.
Work-related relationships that bloom into love aren’t always bad, but many fans felt that Tom Cruise and Ana de Armas were nothing more than a PR stunt, particularly for acquiring funding for their films. Some claim that because they never achieved their funding goals for the movie they wanted to make, “they didn’t have a reason to keep pretending to date.” Whatever the case, it’ll be interesting to see who is willing to get with the quirky boomer next.
